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Psyche Gives Presents to Her Sisters: P.1608-1991

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Titles

Psyche Gives Presents to Her Sisters
Fable of Psyche

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Villamena, Francesco
Printmaker: Master of the Die (Reworked after)
Draughtsman: Coxie, Michiel I (After)
Publisher: Salamanca, Antonio

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Circa 1530 - 1550

Note

II/II.

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 200 mm Width 230 mm
Sheet Height 203 mm Width 230 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: Four lines in two columns

  • Text: Lé sorelle' l dur caso udito havendo / ... Riportar falle al dirupaio speco.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Verses
  • Text: 11
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1608-1991
Primary reference Number: 82958
Bartsch: 49 II/II
Illustrated Bartsch: 49 II/II

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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